Millions For Medal
Medal.tv has raised $60 million across its Series B and Series C funding rounds
Platform grows to almost one million daily users
Appointed For User Acquisition
FunPlus appoints Alba Rodríguez Embid as Director of Growth
Emphasis on Western user acquisition
Making Of
How Adventure Chef: Merge Explorer was inspired by long drives and manga
The Pocket Gems team shares its mobile games recipe
Gallery Expansion
Socialpoint brings Dragon City and Monster Legends to Huawei’s AppGallery
Will gradually bring its remaining portfolio to the service
Swinging By
Tencent brings Spider-Man to PUBG Mobile
Comes with Version 1.8 update
Doubling Down
Vgames raises $141 million for second games investment fund
Firm to invest in game studios at various stages
Beyond Games
Is gaming the next frontier for entertainment?
Alexandre Salem, the Global Director of Gaming Partnerships for Huawei explores the impact of games in the future of our creative world – in 2022 and beyond
Double Bogey
Neowiz to bring Golf Impact and Brave Nine to the blockchain
Golf Impact set to receive a big makeover
Monstrous Success
Overcoming 60% ROI drop in TeaGames' Monsters: PvP Arena
Investment from Ducky and YouTube trends
Supporting Growth
Mistplay receives "majority" investment to scale play-to-earn platform
New members join the board of directors
World Domination
How hypercasual flop Clash of Dots became hit State.io
Azur reveals how to tweak for success
Blockchain In Brazil
Bayz raises $4 million for NFT gaming
Starting with play-to-earn in Brazil
Networking Extravaganza
Network with the global games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Meet with the games industry’s leading authorities, from publishers and developers, to investors, tools providers, platformers and more
Gaze Into The Crystal Ball
Four trends to watch in 2022
Gamification and branding, the metaverse, and blockchain among others
No Agreement Reached
Microsoft negotiated to bring Xbox triple-A games to Apple App Store
2020 emails reveal streaming tech and IAP discussions
Google Gaming
Google Play Games is on its way to Windows
Planned for 2022 release
P2e Mmorpg
Com2uS Holdings to add upcoming World of Zenonia to blockchain ecosystem
Scheduled for release in H2 2022
Back And Forth
PUBG Mobile reaches $254 million revenue, Genshin Impact $207 million in November 2021
Coin Master has its best month ever
Controlling The Cloud
Singular launches marketing measurement platform Private Cloud
Following an 18-month private beta
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Fashionably Festive
Roblox partners with Ralph Lauren for holiday event
Featuring exclusive gender-neutral digital clothing items
Apple Awarded Appeal
Apple wins postponement to App Store changes from Epic ruling
Current policies in operation until Epic antitrust legal battle closes
Games Take Gold
Consumer spending on mobile games and apps will reach $135 billion
Google Play accounts for majority of downloads at over 100 billion
Sio2
Ubisoft launches Quartz NFT platform
Available from 9 December strictly for Ghost Recon Breakpoint on PC
Exploring The Metaverse
Explore the metaverse at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Learn what the metaverse is and what it can do for you and your business
Covid-19 Safety
Stay safe at Pocket Gamer Connects London: your essential COVID-19 guide
Take a moment to see how we’re ensuring the health and safety of PG Connects attendees this February
Socially Interactive Experience
Nexon partners with Games Workshop to develop Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Bringing Warhammer to a "socially interactive" player-versus-environment world
Non-disruptive Ads
Frameplay raises $8 million for seamless, non-disruptive ads
Backed by Hiro Capital and Razer
Revenue Riser
Developers on Flexion's platform see a 10% boost in revenue
Google Play games can be brought to Huawei, Amazon, Samsung and more
Incredible Ip
Intellectual Property in mobile games: a recipe for success
Yodo1 highlights the power of intellectual property collaborations in the mobile gaming world.
The Money Man
Amber appoints former Disney and EA exec Roie Chizik as CFO
Brings over 20 years of financial expertise
Make That Money
Hypercasual mobile monetisation in 2021
Matthaus Krzykowski, Co-Founder of Growth FullStack, details the out-of-the-box options that led the charge for indie and mid-sized publishers to monetising hypercasual games in 2021
Global Gaming
Tencent launches new publishing division Level Infinite
Bolstering with Warhammer and Arena of Valor
Still Rising
Mobile games will generate $89.6 billion by the end of 2021
Honor of Kings earns $2.9 billion
Exciting Reveal
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Register your interest to take part in these incredible fringe events at our 2022 conference!
Chocolate Frog Hunt
Jam City partners with No Kid Hungry for in-game event in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Players complete community goals to unlock charitable donations towards the campaign
Making Of
How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane
Vincent Borcard talks the challenges and lessons of a solo indie developer
Metaverse Matters
The Metaverse is the next big thing, but what will it mean for gaming?
Alexandre Salem, Global Director of Gaming Partnerships at Huawei, explores the reality behind the metaverse hype – and what game creators need to know
Gen X Gamers
Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily
Match-3 is the generation's preferred genre
Indie Investments
MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock
Acquires minority stakes in both studios
Machamp Milestone
Pokémon Unite surpasses 50 million downloads in four months
Total downloads across iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch
Aligned Incentives
Tilting Point on synergistic growth by supercharging its developers' success
Samir Agili, Asi Burak and Jean-Sebastien Laverge discuss
A Joint Journey
Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games
The fifth Green Grey public deal in mobile games since June
Multiplayer Pac-man
Facebook and Genvid launch Pac-Man Community
A Facebook-exclusive multiplayer spin on the classic arcade game
Strengthening Studios
Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation
Funding to scale team and advance development
Redundancies And Redeployment
Lockwood Publishing makes 10% of staff redundant
Accused of unlawful redundancies by IWGB union
Global Mobile
How to plan and build a successful mobile game
Fuelled by Game IQ, App Annie’s new Mobile Gaming Overview report gives developers all of the data required to plan and build a winning title
Naughty Or Nice?
N3TWORK explains how to leverage the holiday spirit to boost mobile game revenues
How can developers and publishers use the spike in games over the holiday period to drive greater revenue? N3TWORK offers some suggestions for a happy holiday season
Mobile In Mena
Tamatem Games raises $11 million for MENA expansion, backed by Krafton
Brings total funding to $17 million
Exciting Events
Last chance to register for the Pocket Gamer Xmas Mixer
Join us tomorrow in London and network with games industry professionals before the year is over